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Question Everything

March 30, 2025 by megankruse

My sister, Katie, sent a new podcast recommendation the other day.  My siblings and I were instantly intrigued.  The title, alone, was enough to spark intrigue.  In addition, Question Everything, by Brian Reed, is a “spin-off” of his award-winning, and perhaps controversial, podcast, S-Town. I knew within the first few minutes of listening on Friday … [Read more…]

Posted in: Assessments and data, Collaborative culture, Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Personal Learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Student learning and the profession, Teacher Leader Model Standards, Uncategorized Tagged: Amplify Science of Reading Podcast, Angie Hanlin, Beside the Point, Brian Reed, Chuck Vandenberg, Coaching Conversations, Deb Glaser, Dr. Jan Hasbrouck, EDView360, fluency, Gay Alcorn, instructional coaching, intervention, Jenny Steffensmeier, Jim Knight, journalism, Katie Dailey, Literacy Talks, Melissa and Lori Love Literacy, NPR, Pen City Current, Pernille Ripp, professional development, Progressively Incorrect, Question Everything, Repeated Reading, Ross Haeger, S-Town, Self-Care for Educators, Sold a Story, The Innovator's Mindset podcast, The Literacy View, Tina Boogren

One Word 2025

January 5, 2025 by megankruse

Today’s post has been days… possibly weeks in the making.  I have added it to it, slowly, over the last week – a luxury I have enjoyed as a result of two full weeks away from work.  There are advantages to writing a post over several days:  time to mull things over, less pressure to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Personal Learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Student learning and the profession, Uncategorized Tagged: Corner Tap, curiosity, Dan Britton, Dr. Anita Archer, EDView360, embrace, Father Gregory Boyle, George Couros, Harnessing the Science of Learning, Healing After Loss, Jenny Steffensmeier, Jimmy Page, Jon Gordon, Katie Dailey, Lisa Williams, Louisa Moats, Madelyn Swigart, Martha W. Hickman, Melissa and Lori Love Literacy, Mme Lockhart, Natalie Wexler, Nathaniel Swain, One Word Challenge, Ross Haeger, Sue and Reed Haeger, Tattoos on the Heart, The Reading League Iowa, the science of learning, Voyager Sopris

Everything is Figuroutable

July 7, 2024 by megankruse

Everything is Figuroutable, by Marie Forleo landed in my lap at an interesting time, as opposed to “at just the right time.”  Interesting because I’m not necessarily pursuing a specific personal goal… or maybe I am; my perception of the book up to this point is that it is written for those who have an … [Read more…]

Posted in: Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Personal Learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Research, Uncategorized Tagged: Amy, Amy Numedahl, Beside the Point, Bronson Hermuth, Chuck Vandenberg, David Roth, Dr. Heidi Beverine Curry, EDView360, Everything is Figuroutable, FMCSD, Kara Veach, Lisa Williams, Marie Forleo, Ozone Ramblers, Papae Wymore, RAGBRAI, Reed Haeger, Reed's, Rhonda Nelson, Stephanie Edgren, Sue Haeger, Tererai Trent, The Reading League, The Reading League Iowa, Turnwater Bar and Grill

Know Thy Impact

October 17, 2023 by megankruse

I’ve been wrestling with this blogpost for several days now, and am late in posting it according to my self-imposed Sunday, 1:00 p.m. deadline.  I’m not sure that I can pinpoint the struggle with getting coherent words on the screen, but perhaps the struggle is evidence of the internal struggle I’m experiencing. The Internal Struggle … [Read more…]

Posted in: Assessments and data, Collaborative culture, Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Personal Learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Research, Student learning and the profession, Teacher Leader Model Standards, Uncategorized Tagged: behavioral expectations, capacity, compliance, EDView360, FMCSD, instructional coaching, instructional expectations, John Hattie, Pam Austin, plan-teach-reflect, Solution Tree, struggle

Looking for the Easy Button

August 8, 2023 by megankruse

Summer always seems to go too fast and this summer is certainly no exception.  My thoughts and actions have been completely consumed by our house remodel, which is still underway.  We began in June and I was naive enough to think that we would be finished by the time I returned to school in August.  … [Read more…]

Posted in: Collaborative culture, Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Personal Learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Teacher Leader Model Standards, Uncategorized Tagged: Bill Kruse, Clement Contracting, collaboration, Dr. Anita Archer, Dr. Jan Hasbrouck, Easy button, EDView360, house remodel, Iowa Science of Reading Summit, Isaac Steffensmeier, LGH Custom Works, lifelong learning, Louisa Moats, Melissa & Lori Love Literacy, Nancy Hennessy, Ross Haeger, sanding, science of reading, science of teaching, staining, Stan Schmidt, Turn 2 Workshop

A Formula for Reading Success

August 2, 2023 by megankruse

The EDVIEW360 podcast from Voyager Sopris recently released a stellar episode featuring two of education’s greats:  Dr. Anita Archer and Dr. Louisa Moats.  The world is a better place because of these two individuals.  Their work has resulted in and will continue to result in high levels of learning for teachers and students everywhere.  I … [Read more…]

Posted in: Collaborative culture, Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Personal Learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Research, Student learning and the profession, Teacher Leader Model Standards, Uncategorized Tagged: Dr. Anita Archer, Dr. Julie Washington, EDView360, explicit instruction, hinge point, Iowa Science of Reading Summit, John Hattie, Louisa Moats, multi-tiered systems of support, Pam Austin, Philip B. Gough, science of learning, science of reading, science of teaching, simple view of reading, Stephanie Stollar, system, The Mythical Silver Bullet, The Simple View of Effective Reading Instruction, Visible Learning, William E. Tunmer

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Megan's bookshelf: read

The Flight Attendant
really liked it
The Flight Attendant
by Chris Bohjalian
Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts
really liked it
Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts
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Half Broke Horses
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Half Broke Horses
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Ground Zero
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Ground Zero
by Alan Gratz
The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia
really liked it
The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia
by Emma Copley Eisenberg

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